- [Narrator] This week, Bristol's oldest pub
has made its entire menu vegan.
California banes the sale of fur.
And a new vaccine
could spare up to 50 million chicks annually.
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Bristol's oldest pub, The Hatchet Inn,
now serves 100% vegan menu.
The Hatchet was established 413 years ago in the year 1606.
These days it's known for alternative rock and metal nights
and its cozy atmosphere.
"We stopped doing in-house food earlier this year
and instead welcomed out first ever
"pop-up kitchen called Soy Ahoy."
events manager and bartender Keshia Davies
told the "Bristol Post".
"Soy Ahoy" specializes in vegan comfort food and pub grub,
including tofu skewers, mac and cheese, and burgers.
It's already a big success,
it hosted its first vegan Sunday roast dinner
at The Hatchet on October 6, which sold out.
Max Fry, the executive chef and owner of Soy Ahoy,
was working as a freelance vegan chef
while putting together the framework for his business.
He came across an ad for a resident
food vendor at The Hatchet.
He then met with Drew Short, the general manager.
"I told him right away that I only intended
"to serve a plant-based menu," Fry told LIVEKINDLY.
"I was just so tired of producing food that didn't
"match my own ethical beliefs,
"and to my surprise Drew thought it was a great idea."
Fry says he has been pretty overwhelmed
with the response from our lovely customers,
and not just from the local vegan community.
Bristol's a very open-minded city,
and I've some die-hard meat lovers come and try the food,
usually dragged along by their vegan friends and family.
The Hatchet isn't the only pub
embracing a plant-forward menu.
This month, international brewery chain BrewDog
announced that it would turn its Dalston pub in London
into 100% vegan establishment.
Britain now offers an egg-free flu vaccine.
The move has been praised as a win for animal welfare,
and could replace 50 million eggs a year.
Vaccine production has included eggs for 70 years.
A virus in injected into fertilized chicken eggs
which are then incubated to allow
the virus to grow inside them.
Fluid is then extracted from the egg to create a vaccine.
Roughly four eggs are required to make one vaccine.
Britain is the first European country
to offer the egg-free vaccine option.
Instead of eggs, the vaccine is made
using animal cells grown in a laboratory.
The cells were taken from a cocker spaniel in 1958
but can divide outside of the animal's body,
meaning that an animal is not needed anymore.
The vaccine also contains gelatin,
a protein obtained by boiling the skin,
tendons, or bones of animals.
The cell-based vaccine is said to be more effective
at fighting off illnesses,
as the egg-based process can trigger mutations.
Cell culture technology has been used
to produce vaccines for polio, small pox,
hepatitis, and chicken pox.
The new vaccine will be available to all adults.
Coming up, California bans the sale of fur.
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Nestle, the worlds largest food company,
has developed a vegan bacon cheeseburger.
The multi-national conglomerate
enlisted the help of food scientists
and top chefs to bring the no-compromise
vegan burger to life.
According to Nestle, the dairy-free cheddar cheese melts,
and has the same taste as dairy cheese.
The vegan bacon becomes crispy and chewy when cooked,
just like traditional bacon.
The plant-based bacon cheeseburger
is significantly lower in fat and saturated fat,
and has no cholesterol, tying into the company's goal
of reaching zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
According to CEO Mark Schneider,
the vegan cheeseburger was created
to cater to the growing demand for plant-based food.
"We're continuing to make good on our promise
"to offer consumers food that is right for them
"and right for the planet."
The burger will be offered to restaurants
and food service outlets starting next year.
It's possible McDonald's will be
one of the first to stock it.
The leading fast food chain has teamed up
with Nestle in the past to launch vegan options.
McDonald's Germany launched a vegan burger
called the Big Vegan TS earlier this year.
The item features Nestle's incredible burger,
a plant-based patty made from soy and wheat protein.
It contains 17 grams of protein,
the same amount as the meat options at McDonald's.
The state of California just banned the sale of fur.
Governor Gavin Newsom singed the landmark bill
into law this week after it passed
a senate floor vote last month.
- Californians will no longer be able to sell
or make clothing, shoes, or handbags made of fur
and that begins in 2023.
- [Narrator] AB 44 was presented by Assemblywoman
Laura Friedman last December,
the bill prohibits animal fur products
from being solid, manufactured, offered for sale,
displayed for sale, traded, donated,
or distributed in any way in the state.
Those who breach the ruling could face civil penalties.
Prior to the bill's passage,
fur was banned in several California cities,
including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and West Hollywood.
The fur industry depends on the slaughter of animals
like coyotes, foxes, rabbits, mink, and chinchillas.
Though out animals like dogs, cats,
rodents, and raccoons are sometimes used,
and intentionally mislabeled by manufacturers.
Animals are gassed, electrocuted, and beaten for their fur.
Fur products are typically treated with chemicals
that can be hazardous to human health and the planet.
Formaldehyde, chromium VI, alkylphenol ethoxylates,
azo dyes, and chlorinated phenols
are widely used in the fur trade to preserve animal skins,
according to ACTAsia, a non-profit organization
that works toward sustainable social change
through education.
Research from last year found dangerous concentrations
of toxic chemicals in fur fashion items
purchased from high-street stores in China.
One item contained chemical concentrations
250 times above the levels permitted by law.
Although faux fur is animal-free,
it can be critiqued for not being sustainable.
It's typically made from plastic
like virgin polyester, or acrylic.
Neither of these materials are bio-degradable,
but designers like Stella McCartney
are helping lead the change toward sustainable faux fur.
- I think that the fashion industry
can get away with a lot, and it is getting away with murder.
Fur is the most unnecessary thing the world,
those animals aren't eaten,
if they try and pretend that the fashion industry
animals are a byproduct, which, by the way, they are not,
they are bred to be killed and to be made into bags.
- [Narrator] At the designer spring 2020
fashion show in Paris, model Natalia Vodianova
wore a plush black coat made from Koba fur,
Vogue Business reports.
Koba features 37% plant-based materials,
including polyester blended with a corn byproduct.
True to McCartney's sustainable ethos
it can be recycled at the end of the fur's lifecycle.
The Paris-based Faux Fur Institute
is also working to bridge the gap
between cruelty-free and eco-friendly fashion.
The organization developed Smart Fur,
a roadmap to making vegan fur more sustainable.
It also launched Open Fur,
a contest that challenges designers
to develop sustainable fur,
using vegetable-based and synthetic fibers.
The Faux Fur Institute is working with several organizations
including sustainable vegan fur artisan ECOPEL,
which created the Koba fur used by McCartney.
According to the company,
Koba fur emits 63% fewer greenhouse gases
than conventional polyester fur.
Coming up, Shark Tank investor Mark Cuban goes vegetarian.
Food tech start up Aleph Farms
is first to produce lab-grown meat in outer space.
Lab meat, also called clean meat and cultured meat,
is produced by in vitro cultivation of animal cells.
The end result is a product
that is biologically identical to real meat.
- [Announcer] Our mission into space
- [Narrator] The Israeli clean meat company
believes its product could be a solution to the crisis.
It set out to prove that clean meat
- [Narrator] Aleph Farms used equipment supplied
by Russian company 3D Bioprinting Solutions.
Didier Toubia, co-founder and CEO of Aleph Farms,
said in a statement, "In space, we don't have 10,000
"or 15,000 liters of water available
"to produce one kilogram of beef."
Clean meat is not yet available to the public,
but a growing number of companies
are working to bring it to market.
Australian company VOW wants to see
its lab-grown kangaroo meat in supermarkets
by the end of 2022.
IntegriCulture Inc. says its slaughter-free
foie gras will be available in restaurants by 2021.
The Japanese startup aims for its products
to be available from the consumer market by 2023.
Shark Tank investor Mark Cuban is vegetarian now.
The reality series featured Deborah and Jonathan Torres,
co-founders of Los Angeles-based
vegan fried chicken startup Atlas Monroe,
on last Sunday's episode.
The meat-free chicken, made from wheat protein,
was a hit with all of the sharks.
- I went vegetarian three months ago.
So this is important to me, and I love products I can eat,
you're obviously smart.
- [Narrator] According to Deborah,
yearly sales were $63,000, net sales were $70,000,
and gross sales were $76,000.
This caused some confusion.
- Wait that doesn't add up.
- That's confusion.
- I think you've got it backwards,
your total sales are--
- No, our total sales are $60,000.
Despite questioning from Greiner,
Cuban, and Barbara Cocoran,
the Torreses said they have orders coming in
and interest from a mainstream restaurant chain.
That was enough for Cuban,
and guest shark Rohan Oza to offer them a deal.
The two offered $1 million dollars for Atlas Monroe,
with a 10 percent royalty for the Torreses.
But, not wanting to give up control of the company,
they declined the deal.
- Everybody in America wants to be where you are right now,
and you're gonna walk out of here
without a million dollars?
- The fact that you guys are even offering us
a million dollars just lets me know
that you guys do understand where we're at.
- You're right, no, you're right, you're exactly right.
- [Narrator] This isn't the first time vegan
businesses have been featured on the show.
Vegan honey, vegan dog food, and vegan sushi
are just some of the vegan businesses
that have entered the tank.
British discount supermarket chain Iceland
just announced its upcoming vegan Christmas range.
The new frozen food line is palm oil-free
and largely plastic-free.
Iceland will offer party food
like mini meat-free cheeseburgers,
called No Bull Burger Sliders.
The supermarket chain's No Duck Spring Rolls
feature jackfruit, vegetables, and hoisin sauce.
Iceland's Tempura Vegetable Selection
offers cooked baby corn, green beans,
courgette, and pumpkin pieces in a crispy tempura batter.
The No Duck Chinese Selection comes with sweet plum gyoza,
hoisin pastry cones, and Szechuan filo crackers.
For dessert, Iceland will offer No Moo Chocolate Snowflakes.
The snowflake-shaped puddings feature
a hard dairy-free chocolate shell and a gooey center.
Many of Iceland's Christmas options
will be plastic-free this year.
The chain revealed plans to completely remove
plastic from its own-brand products by 2023.
- We need to work together to solve this crisis,
which is a crisis for everyone.
The Christmas food will also be palm oil-free,
following on from the supermarket chain's pledge
to ditch the ingredient last year.
Palm oil production causes deforestation and habitat loss,
which threatens orangutan populations.
Iceland is the first major supermarket chain
in the UK to ban palm oil from own-brand products.
A new report predicts that the beef industry
and the dairy industry could totally collapse by 2030.
RethinkX analyzes and forecasts
the scope, speed, and scale of technology-driven disruption
and how this disruption will impact society.
In a report titled
"Rethinking Food and Agriculture 2020-2030",
the independent think tank lays out
how new technologies will cause the beef industry
and the dairy industry to fall.
Other livestock markets, such as fish,
chicken, and pig, will follow.
The report says precision fermentation
and a production model called Food-as-Software
are about to change the food industry as we know it.
This production system sees foods engineered
by scientists at a molecular level
and then uploaded to databases.
Food designers around the world,
who will work like software developers,
can access the databases.
"Instead of growing a whole cow
"to break it down into products,
"food will be built up at the molecular level
"to precise specifications" says a press release.
"This will result in a far more distributed,
"localized food-production system that is more stable
"and resilient than the one it replaces," says the report.
"The new production system will be shielded
"from volume and price volatility,
"this is due to the vagaries of seasonality,
"weather, drought, disease, and other natural,
"economic, and political factors."
Switching to these foods could have a profound impact
on human health and save health care systems billions.
RethinkX explains that foodborne illnesses
and diseases and health conditions like heart disease,
obesity, cancer, and diabetes,
which studies have all linked with animal products,
currently cost the U.S. $1.7 trillion every year.
The impact on the environment will also be significant.
Currently, animal agriculture is responsible
for a multitude of environmental issues.
Greenhouse gas emissions are high,
as are rates of deforestation;
the Amazon rainforest fires are linked
to cattle ranchers clearing land for beef production.
RethinkX predicts that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions
from cattle will drop by 60 percent by 2030.
By 2035, they could drop nearly 80 percent.
Modern foods will be up to 100 times more
land-efficient than animal-derived products.
They will also be 10 to 25 times more feedstock-efficient,
10 times more water-efficient,
and 20 times more time-efficient.
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